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MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — When Lori Stilley told her friends and family that she had bladder cancer, they delivered meals, held raffles and a T-shirt sale, hastily planned and paid for her wedding and raised more than $10,000 for her treatment.

But prosecutors say it was all a scam.

Stilley, a 40-year-old who lives in Delran, N.J., was charged Wednesday with theft by deception, charges her lawyer denies.

Authorities say she told family and friends in February 2011 that she had stage 3 bladder cancer and would need chemotherapy and radiation. Two months later, she told them — and posted on her Facebook page and personal website — that it was now stage 4, which means the cancer was spreading to other parts of her body.

Her friends and supporters pitched in the way people often do for sick loved ones: making a schedule of meal deliveries and — when she said she didn’t have medical insurance — raising money.

The Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said family and friends also hastily planned and paid for her wedding to her boyfriend last year.

Stilley even wrote an e-book about her experience. They say “I’mpossible: How A Facebook Group Loved Me Through Bladder Cancer,” selling for $14.99 a copy, raised more than $3,000.

Her own sister says she was the one who turned in Stilley. Lori DiGiovanni told WCAU-TV that she became suspicious when Stilley’s story changed quickly. Soon after telling friends and family that she was making hospice plans and was being given a month to live, she posted on Facebook that she felt a miracle coming and was feeling better.

DiGiovanni said she believes her sister needs mental-health help.

SO, THE QUESTION IS…
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR?

LOOK, WHEN YOU CREATE A SOCIETY BASED ON MONEY (in god we trust), PEOPLE LIKE THIS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM, THEY ARE THE VICTIMS OF A MIND SET THEY ARE BORN INTO AND BROUGHT UP BELIEVING…I MEAN REALLY BELIEVING!!!

“OH MY GOD-HOW CAN SOMEONE BE SO CALOUS? HOW CAN SOMEBODY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS LIKE THAT???”

WELL MY FRIEND-WE HAVE SET IT ALL IN MOTION, MAKING MONEY AND HAVING THINGS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LOVE, CARING FOR OTHERS OR PEACE IN OUR TIME.

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, THE WEALTH, THE POWER, ALL BASED ON FEAR. NO, LORI STILLEY IS NOT THE PROBLEM, SHE IS THE SYMPTOM… OF A MUCH MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM.

SIGNED,
Kevin Trudeau : US writer and billiards promoter, convicted of fraud and larceny, known for late-night infomercials and books about “Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About”.
AND
Bernard Madoff : Former American stock broker and non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market who admitted to the operation of the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
AND
James Hogue: He duped Princeton, not once but twice out of 30,000 dollars in financial aid when he enrolled under different names.
AND
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DAILY WHO BUY INTO THE INSANITY ALL BACKED UP AND MADE CREDIBLE BY
WALL STREET